Douglas fir beams, sawn on our own mill in Louisville, Nebraska.
Every square timber we sell starts as a Douglas fir log on our band mill — we don't buy beams off a rack and resell them. You pick the size and the length; we cut it. Sizes run from a 4×4 post up to a 16×16, in lengths from 6 feet to 32 feet.
They're sawn full dimension, so an 8×8 measures a true 8×8 — we hold our cuts to a quarter inch or better, usually an eighth. The finish is rough-sawn, with the mill marks you can see and feel, which is the look most people want for timber frames, pergolas, and porch work.
Our timbers are kiln dried to 20% moisture or less, so they're stable and ready to build with — less twisting and checking as they settle in.
What people build with them: timber frame homes and great rooms, pergolas and pavilions, porch posts and beams, trusses, barn frames — and the occasional very serious mantel.
Working from a cut list, or need a size you don't see? Send it over. Cutting full house packages and odd sizes is most of what the mill does.